Passenger car



April. 19, 1927. HVALBN PASSENGER CAR H. ALBIN PASSENGER GAR April 19, 1927.

Fi d April 21. 192e z'sheets-sneeta v Patented Apr. 19, 1927.

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'HERMAN ALBIN, OFWSTILOUIS, MISSOURI PASSENGER CAR.

Application filed April 21, 1926. Serial No. 103,439.

`vision for segregating the passengers entering and leaving the car, so that the faires of one` group are collected While. the car is in motion, which group leave's'the conveyance without requiring the attention of thel car attendant, and the other group of which paystheir fare upon' leaving the conveyance, thus greatly 'facilitating the loading and unloading of passengers.

Another object of thel invention is to provide a conveyance of the class described, so that the groups of passengers may' be. segre* gated in order to enable the use of 'differential faresv for long and short haull passen-gers, or 'for charging differentfares according' to the difference in accommodations furnished the two4 groups.

Additional advantages 'of Ithe structure will be fullyapparent from the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which, v

Fig. 1 shows a floorplan of a car embodying the'i-nvention.

Fig.` 2 showsafloor plan-modified in certain details embodying the invention.

While Vthe invention is illustrated in the drawing as a. single deck conveyance, it will, ofcourse, be understood that the same principle of construction may Vbe applied to double deck structures byA provision Vof suitably Vpositioned steps for access to and egress from.' the upper` deck.

Inthe embodiment 'of' the invention illustrated in F ig. 1, the structure of the invention is shown embodied in a motor car having the usual windowed sides l and 2, and a windowed end wall 3. At the front of the car, and on one side, is a partitioned motormans station 4. Upon the side 2 is a front door opening closed by a door 5 operable by suitable connections from the motorman s station. A substantial area of the iloor of the car adjacent to the door 5 is depressed, forming a depressed receiving platform 6 which is at an elevation above the ground so that access thereto may be had without the provision of steps.

In this ktype of construction, the car is loaded through the door 5, the passengers .at one side of the car. tion 10, separated from therpassenger area ofthe ca'r by a rectangular railing 11, isl positioned approximately-at the center of the |floor and is provided with a fare box 12' adsteppingy directly upon the platform 6 and thence to the forward compartment y7 thereof, in which a plurality of seats 8 suitably spaced may be. provided, if desired.

l The arrangement of seats'is such that there 1s apassageway 9 from thecompaitment '7 TheV conductors stajacent to the passageway 9. A secondpas- -sageway 113 is defined by a railing 14 that extends'from the side 2 well into' the center ofthe car .and is' turned to direct passengers -`from the compartment Tonto an unloading depressed platform 15. A secondfare box 16,i`s positioned on theside of the railing defining the 'conductors station adjacent to the passage 13 leading to the unloadingplatform.

The rectangular unloading platform 15 v has an exit opening, inwhich is mounted a plurality of folding doors 17. The back compartment 18 of the car communica-tes with the unloading Vplatform Av15,I through a passageway 19 between a railing 'QO'and the railing 'defining the conductors station. The

compartment 18 islprovided with seats 21, if

desired, andl incase of a double deckstruc'- ture, suitable ystairways vmay lead directly .fromthe compartment 18 tothe upper deck andthe exit. stairway unload directlyv upon the` unloading platform 15.

1 the vcompartment 18, depositing Ythe required fare VVintlieffarej box-12 asl they move fromfthe compartment 7 tothe'compartv ment 18. It is contemplated that this movement of passengers from the forward to the rear compartment will occur during the travel of the conveyance. As the passage of the passengers from one compartment to the other is under the control of the con` ductor, the number passing to the rear compartment may be limited to a number that can receive seating accommodations and also dierent classes 'of accommodations may be provided in the compartment 7 and in the compartment 18, and the upper deck may be arranged in communication with the compartment 18.

The group of passengers that remains in the compartment 7 when they desire to lOfl restais leave the conveyance, are required to pass from the compartment 7 to the unloading platform l5 by way of the passage i3. This movement of passengers will occur at 'the time the conveyance stops for unloading, and as `this group of passengers leaves, the fares are deposited in the bo\v 1G. By the the provision of the two boxes l2 and lo, it is possible to segregate the different groups of passengers and to collect, if desirable, a different fare for those passing into the compartment 18, which may be justified by the better accommodations within the compartment.

In Fig. 2 of the drawing, there is illustrated a modification of the construct-ion of Fig. l in that the loading platform 6 is partitioned back towards the center of the conv yance and the loading door 5 is under the control of the conductor.

In order to prevent the or-.tward passage of passengers from the compartment i", a onesway turnstile 22 is provided to control the passage from the loading piatform to the compartment 7, said turnstile being operable to admit passengers to the compartment 7, but being locked against reverse movement from the compartment 7 to the platform 6.

l am aware that the invention may br modified in certain particulars without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

That I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A conveyance comprising two passenger compartments, an entrance door communicating with one of said compartments, a passageway from one coi'npartment to the other, a conductors station adjacent to said passageway, a. fare box under the control of the conductor adjacent to said passageway, an exit passage accessible from said lirst-named compartment without passing said iirst-nanied passageway, and a fare box under the control of the conductor adjacent to said second-named passageway.

2. A conveyance comprising two compartinents, an entrance door, a depressed receiving platform in cormnunication with said entrance door. said receiving platform being in communication with one of said compartments, a passageway between said two compartments, a conductors station lo cated intermediate of said compartments, a passageway connnunicating with a dcpressed unloading platform communicating directly with said iirst-nanied compartment, a passage from said second-named compartment. to said unloading platform, and two fare boxes ander the control of the conductor, one positioned in the exit passage from said first-named compartment and one positioned in the passageway between said two compartments.

E). ln a conveyance, a passenger receiving compartment at the forward end thereof, a rear compartment, an intermediate unloading platform accessible simultaneously from both compartments, a passageway communir-ating with said compartments, a fare box under the control of the conductor adjacent to the passageway between the loading compartment and the unloading platform, and a second fare box under the control of the conductor adjacent to the passageway between said compartments, and an entrance communicating with the loading compartment.

4s. ln a. conveyance, a passenger receiving compartment at the forward end thereof, a. rear compartment, an intermediate unloading platform accessible simultaneously from both compartments, a passageway communicating with said compartments, a fare box under the control of the conductor adjacent to the passageway between the loading compartment and the unloading platform, and a second fare box under the control of the conductor adjacent to the passageway between said compartments, an entrance communicating with the loading compartment, and a controlling device in said entrance permitting access to said loading compare ment, but preventing egress therefrom.

HERMAN ALBIN. 

